Car.



No. 883,230. PATENTED MAR. 31-, 1908.

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GAR. APPLICATION FILED AUG, 9, 1907.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES K. PICKLES,

OF DANVILLE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO J. G. BRILL COMPANY, OF

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 31, 1908.

Application filed. August 9, 1907. Serial No. 387,747.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES K. PICKLES, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Danville, in the county of Vermilion and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cars, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My improvements relate to cars which have roof pockets in which thesashes are adapted to be stored and more particularly to the means forguiding and interlocking the sashes in their movement to and from theroof pockets.

My improved device consists of simple and economic means for causing thelower sash to operate a trigger on the upper sash which will engage thelower sash and cause them to move upwardly together and such means areprovided with a roller which guides and sup orts the sashes in theirmovement in the roo pocket.

In the drawings forming part of this application, Figure 1 is atransverse section of a portion of a car having my improvements, Fig. 2is an enlarged view, partly in section, showing the trigger mechanismand the opposite stanchion, Fig. 3 is a similar view showing theguideway in dotted lines, and the trigger just as it engages the lowersash, Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the sashes as they are travelingup on the guide, Fig. 5 is an enlarged view, partly in section, with theparts at rest, before the lower sash is raised, Fig. 6 is a perspectiveview, of the upper end of the lower sash, Fig. 7 is a front elevation ofthe trigger, Fig. 8 is an enlarged section, showing a slightly modifiedform of trigger, Fig. 9 is a perspective view thereof, Fig. 10 is anenlarged sectional view showing the position of the trigger when thesashes are ocked, Fig. 11 is a )erspective view of the lower end of theguic e rail, Fig. 12 is a front elevation of the modified trigger, andFig. 13 is a cross section of a portion of the sashes showing the methodof keeping the sashes together.

The car, so far as the present invention is concerned may be of any typehaving side osts or stanchions 1, and roof pockets 2, formed between theroof 3 and head lining 4 for the storage of the sashes. The usualcurtain groove 5 may be provided in the stanchions, which follows theinner side.

the belt rail 6 consists of a lower sash 7 which rests down on the beltrail, and which travels in a groove 8, formed between the inner guidingstrip 9 and the outer, or weather strip 10, and an upper sash 11 whichrests against the outer strip 10 and is guided at the top by my improveddevice.

I preferably provide means for causing the two sashes to engage alongtheir length so that the means for suspending the upper sash will,because of such engagement, sustain the lower sash as well. The meansfor such engagement, which is shown in detail in Fig. 13 is not er senew in this application. The edge of t e upper sash is provided with ametallic plate 12 extending laterally of the sash and having an inwardlyextending flange 13 which engages in a groove 14: formed in a metalstile 15 on the edge of the lower sash. The flange 13 and grooved stile15 extend throughout the length of the respective sashes. Thisengagement is continuous, that is, when the lower sash is in its lowestposition the upper end is engaged with the flange of the upper sash sothat when raised the lower sash will be guided by the flange on theupper. Finger lifts 16 with projecting pintles, engage holes in thestanchion so as to hold the sash in various positions between thestanchions, in the customary manner.

I provide means in the sash pockets for guiding the sashes and thepreferred form in its various details consists of an angle iron 17 whichis secured at one end to the letter board 22 and curved upwardly andinwardly, to the roof beam. Where the stanchion is made as here shown Iprefer to secure the guide along its length to the stanchion by screws23. A guide is secured on the faces of each stanchion so that there willbe two for each set of sashes. These guides consist of a flat web 18,with a flange 19 extending at right angles thereto on the lower edge,which forms a track for the sash guide, as will appear hereafter.Commencing at the lower end of the guide is a second flange 20 on thewhere the under flange 19 is reduced to a smaller depth 21. It mayextend much above that point, but as will be seen hereafter, it will beof no purpose to extend it beyond the point shown herein. As the guidesThe closure for the sides of the car aboveupper edge which extends abovethe point are made in pairs the flanges of the guides for each set ofsashes will extend toward each other.

I have secured to the upper sash, a trigger which will engage the lowersash when it is raised, and hold the two sashes together during the timethey are in the roof pocket, and which will also engage the guides andsustain the upper ends of the sashes. In the form shown in Figs. 1, 2,3, 4, 5, and 7 this trig 'er mechanism consists of a plate 24 extendingvertically above a base 25 which latter is secured on the top of theupper sash and its depending plate 26 is secured, flush, to the edge ofthe sash by suitable means such as screws 27. A depending hook 28 on theplate 24 engages a member of the car, which as here shown consists of abar 29 set in the letter board and over which the hook 28 engages whenthe sash is in the position shown in Fig. 5, so that the hook preventsthe upper sash from falling inwardly when in such position and maysustain the upper sash. The inner side 28 of the hook is slantin so thatas the Weight of the sash draws down on it the hook will draw the sashtightly against the weather strip. The plate 24 also has an upwardlyextending finger 30 which serves for a stop. The plate 24 has extendingtherethrough a pin 31 on which is j ournaled a roller 32, and betweenthe roller 32 and plate 24 is journaled upon the pin 31, a plate 33which forms the means for locking the sashes. The plate 33 has aslanting edge 34 which projects inwardly and into the path of the lowersash so that as the lower sash is raised its upper edge will rock thelever 33 on the pin 31 and force a hook 35 on the lower end of the leverinto engagement with the lower sash. The upper part of this lever-plate33 is provided with a roller 36 which is journaled thereto on a pin 37,and as this roller extends outward, it travels near the web 18 of' themetal guide. A spring 38 (see Fig. 7) is secured on the pin 31 and hasone end pressing against a pin 39 on the plate 33 and the other endagainst a pin 40 on' the plate 24 so that the spring will tend to throwthe upper end of the plate 33 inward and in the path of the lower sash.When the lever 33 is rocked by the lower sash the pin 39 will strikeagainst the projection 30 and prevent the lever 33 from going fartherthan necessary.

The upper end of the lower sash is provided with a recess 41 which ispreferably formed in the metallic plate 15 which forms the sash stile.The operation of this form of my invention is as follows: The lower sashrests on the belt rail and is guided by the strips 9 and 10. The uppersash is sustained by the engagement of the hook 28 with the rail 29.When it is desired to store the sashes in the roof pocket, the lowersash is raised by the finger holds, when the lower sash will be guidedby the tongue and groove connection along its edges with the upper sash,until the upper edge of the lower sash strikes against the slanting edge34 of the lever 33. As the lower sash continues the lever 33 is rockedon the pin 31 until the hook 35 engages in the recess 41 of the lowersash when both sashes will be locked together for the remainder of theirupward movement. When this is taking place, the roller 36 is movinginwardly from its locked position under the end of the flange 19 so asto be free to travel on the upper side of the latter and sustain the twosashes. If the roller 36 should move inwardly too far it will engageagainst and be guided by the flange 20. The roller 36 continues to guidethe sashes until they reach their extreme position. The roller 32remains on the under side of the flange 19 and prevents any frictionbetween the hanger and guide. Upon the return of the sashes, the hook 28engages on the rod 29 and the top sash stops. The lower sash thencontinues its movement alone, and the lever 33 is moved outward, at thetop by the spring 38 ready for action a ain.

The modifledform shown in Figs. 9 to 12 is better adapted for use wherethe upper sash is sustained by a stop at its lower end instead of as inthe former construction by a hook 28. In this construction, the lowersash is the same as before. The lever 42 has the inclined edge 34 thesame as before and the hook 35. The roller 32 serves the same purposealso. The roller 43 in this case is somewhat modified by having aprojecting portion 44 which will engage against the shallow portion 21of the guide flange and act as a stop to prevent further movement of thelever 42. The spring 45 serves to force the lever in the position shownin Fig. 8.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A car having stanchions and provided with a roof pocket, a pluralityof sashes movable into .saidpocket, one of said sashes having a leverwith edge adapted to be rubbed and extending into the path of the secondsash and adapted to be rocked by the latter, means on the said leveradapted to engage the second sash upon the movement of the lever, aguide in the roof pocket, and means on the said lever adapted to bethrown into engagement with the guide upon the rocking of said lever, soas to guide the said sashes.

2. A car having stanchions and provided with a roof pocket, an upper andlower sash, movable into the roof pocket, a lever on the upper sashadapted to be rocked by the lower sash and having a hook which engagesthe lower sash when the said lever is rocked, and a hook carried nearthe top of said upper sash adapted to engage a member of the car andsupport the upper sash in its closed position.

3. A car having stanchions, and a roof pocket, guides in said pocket,having a projecting flange, an lever on the upper sash adapted to berocked by the lower sash, a projecting portion on said lever adapted tobe placed into engagelnent with the lower sash when said lever is rockedand a roller on said lever adapted to engage the flange of said guideand guide the upper ends of the said sashes.

4. A car having stanchions and a roof pocket, sashes movable into theroof pocket, a guide in the roof pocket consisting of a plate having aplurality of laterally extending flanges, a lever on one of said sashesupper and lower sash, a

adapted to be rocked by the second sash, and a roller on said leveradapted to move between the flanges on said guide.

5. A car having stanchions and a roof pocket a sash guide in the roofpocket having a flange, partly cut away near its lower end, a lever onone of the sashes, adapted to be rocked by the second sash, and a rolleron the said lever, adapted to engage the flange of the guide and havinga projection engaging with the reduced portion of said flange forpreventing the lever from disengaging 30 from the said guide.

Signed this 3rd day of August, 1907.

CHARLES K. PICKLES.

Witnesses:

A. I. DRAPER, B. F. CooK.

